Warfel a large presence on CB West line

Friday

DOYLESTOWN — When Anders Warfel first showed up in the locker room at Central Bucks West, he was admittedly a quiet kid.

“I was definitely really quiet when I first got here,” Warfel said. “I was originally home-schooled. I didn’t go to this school, so I didn’t know a lot of the kids here.

“I played as a freshman and I was very quiet. I just kept my head down and worked.”

Warfel is a senior returning starter at offensive guard for the Bucks, and the 6-foot-5, 300-pounder is no longer the shy, quiet kid he used to be. Now, he’s one of the team’s captains.

“If you’d asked me four years ago if this kid would be as big as he is now, I would have said maybe,” said West coach Brian Hensel. “Would he have the leadership skills that he has now? I’d say that’s a long-shot bet.

“But, he’s worked at that part of his game. He knows that guys are going to look to him because of his size to be the anchor.”

When Warfel was a freshman, he was already big at 6-2, 245 pounds.

“You look at that and you say ‘Wow, that’s a pretty good-sized kid,’ “ Hensel said. “He continued to grow vertically and on the scale as his career extended. The hard part for a guy like that is how quickly they move their feet.

“Athletes are always measured on how well that they move their feet, whether you play interior line or you’re a wide receiver. He deserves a lot of credit for working hard to get better with his footwork.”

Strength hasn’t been an issue for Warfel, as he’s always been a willing participant in the weight room.

“Weight training has been huge,” he said. “My dad was a professional power-lifter and done competitions and I’ve actually done those, too. I love doing the weight training. I love doing the power lifts, the Olympic lifts and all of that, and I’ve done that for probably six or seven years now.

“I’ve been working toward several goals that I’ve had and I’ve achieved those goals.”

Warfel also said that he’d like to play football in college, possibly at a Patriot League school, but this football season is his primary focus. For this team, it started at the end of the 2012 season.

“When we got together in January and talked about our winter and spring training, we said we’ve had two consecutive 5-5 seasons,” Hensel said. “We were competitive, but we didn’t get over that hump. Our focus through the offseason and even into camp is that we need to escape mediocrity.”

And for Warfel, one of only two starters back on the offensive line, he knows the challenge will be difficult, but he’s on a determined team.

“We’ve had some bad years in the past and we really want to get better,” Warfel said. “So we’ve really focused in the offseason on getting better. It was the whole squad. Everybody was there.”

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